Choerophryne allisoni Richards and Burton, 2003

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Choerophryne > Species: Choerophryne allisoni

Choerophryne allisoni Richards and Burton, 2003, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 127: 48. Holotype: SAMA R56075, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt Sisa, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, 6° 07.547′ S, 142° 46.091′ E, altitude 2000 m.". Secondary homonym of Liophryne allisoni Zweifel, 2000, when both are in Asterorphys

Asterophrys allisoni — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 477, by implication. 

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in mid-montane rainforest on Mount Sisa, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 182, provided a brief account. Shea and Kraus, 2007, Zootaxa, 1514: 37-60, commented on types.

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